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Feels great. Although this is my first attempt, I have been preparing on and off for over 2 years.

Oh, is it? Can you tell us a bit more about your preparation?

Initially, my preparation was very random. I was going through the Official Guide and randomly browsing forum posts on GMAT Club. This continued on and off till mid 2015, when I realized that I need a more structured approach if I have to ace the GMAT. That’s when I joined e-GMAT Verbal Online.

How did you prepare using Verbal Online?

Initially, I just quickly completed the course and consequently, was stuck at a 710-720 on the mocks. However, after booking my exam date, I studied more seriously using the course and was able to see significant improvement in my ability.

How did e-GMAT help you with the GMAT Verbal section?

Before enrolling for the course, my accuracy in SC was somewhere close to 50-60% in 700+ level questions. I realized that this is not enough if I have to break the V40 barrier.

After studying using Verbal Online and consistently practicing the processes taught in the course, I could see a significant improvement in my verbal performace. Towards the end of my preparation, I was consistently scoring more than a V40 in each of the GMATPrep mocks.

e-GMAT’s Verbal Course is worth every dollar spent.

Glad the course helped you, Vaibhav. Any preparation related advice that you’d like to give to your fellow GMAT aspirants?

Do not wait until you are in a situation where you can study for multiple hours everyday for 2-3 months. It is okay even if you study only for one hour or less some days. Do not procrastinate.

Also, make sure to frame preparation strategy and follow a methodical process to solve questions in order to ace the GMAT

Hi Bhagawat. Congratulations on scoring a 750. How does it feel to achieve a dream score?

Amazing! I was pleasantly surprised with a 200+ point score improvement compared to my previous attempt. e-GMAT Verbal Live Prep course helped me jump from 630 (V28) to 750 (V41).

How was your experience of using the SC portion of the course?

The 3-step process for SC is a sure shot way to get questions correct. The most important point which i would like to mention is that you guys made the difficult terms made so easy to understand (no one in this world would teach using terms such as verb-ed modifiers, verb-ing modifiers, noun+noun modifiers etc). All the appositives, gerunds, reflexives and infinitives can take a toss in front of your methodology. With each session, my confidence grew and so did my accuracy.

Glad to hear that. How about CR?

Rajat’s CR sessions were superb and the concept of pre-thinking is absolutely a gold mine. The negation test and variance analysis actually helped me during my exam.

Were there any other aspects of the course that you’d like to mention?

Yes – the two amazing workshops which you conducted for the first time. I am GLAD you did that. They gave a real insight about my preparation trajectory and highlighted the areas I had to improve. I could get an accuracy of 88% on the OG12 SC section and 94% on the CR section.

What did you do differently this time that, according to you, played a crucial role in your tremendous score improvement?

I tracked my mistakes, analyzed every wrong choice as to why it was wrong, followed the 3-step process blindly, in short did everything you guys told me to do.

We’re quite glad the course helped you, Bhagawat. Is there anything else that you’d like to add for your fellow test takers?

People say it’s no magic to score well on GMAT and that you need to work very hard. I say, what e-GMAT does is pure MAGIC!

Thank you for your words of appreciation Bhagawat. It was nice speaking to you. We wish you the best for your future endeavors.

I am good and quite happy, I must say. I am happy that I was able to crack the GMAT in my first attempt itself.

Can you tell us a bit more about your preparation?

I thought I would sail through the Verbal section of the GMAT as I was fairly comfortable with language in general. However, it took only a couple of mock CATs to cut me down to size. I realized I needed help in understanding some things and unlearning others.

How did you come across e-GMAT?

I came across e-GMAT on GMAT Club and attended a free webinar that Rajat hosts on Saturdays. I instantly connected with the way of teaching and hence decided to purchase the Verbal Online course.

What are your thoughts on the Verbal Online course?

The course is much more structured and comprehensive than any other course I have seen. It walks you through detailed instructions for every possible topic and the concept files are amazingly well organized. The topics are arranged in a fashion that makes it easy to assimilate. The practice provided in the course is brilliant and really makes you work on your concepts.

Glad to hear that the course helped you, Anupam. How did the SC portion of the course help you?

For SC, I think this is the best course there is. Before going through this course, I was a bit hesitant The concept files are exhaustive and I felt completely ready for SC after one pass through all files. SC became a strong point since the process really helped. The 3-step approach to SC is extremely helpful and makes the most challenging questions seem very easy.

How about the CR and RC portions of the course?

For CR, the pre-thinking approach demonstrated is brilliant. It really makes you take a good hard look at the argument before jumping to an answer, and I believe this is the only way to achieve both accuracy and speed in Verbal on the GMAT.
The reading strategies provided for RC are something that work together brilliantly and helped me get into the right frame of mind to decipher even the most complex passages.

How was the support provided by the team?

The team at e-GMAT is extremely helpful. I panicked a bit during the last few days and shot an email out to them. However, Rajat personally responded and helped me calm down a lot. The team is friendly and really invests in your preparation.

Would you like to add anything else?

I owe my Verbal score of 41 solely to e-GMAT. The process and structure really helped me improve my skills. The way the concepts are taught, I am sure I will carry this knowledge throughout my MBA as well. Thanks for a great product and service!

It feels so good to score above your initial expectation. Hard work and consistency paid off.

This is your third attempt. Can you tell us what happened in your first attempt?

I first gave a mock to assess my level (Q49, V25). I was good in quant but I needed to improve verbal a lot. I struggled with a lot of books and was stuck at a 50% accuracy. Although I was enrolled for e-GMAT, I didn’t utilise it properly as I wasn’t very methodical in my preparation during this attempt. As a result I scored only a 580 in my first attempt.

What about your second and third attempts?

I started preparing more methodically using the course and following the study plan. My basics were in place during my second attempt and so I was able to score a 700. However, I wanted to score a 750+ and therefore, I practiced more questions using the approach taught in the course and eventually I was able to score 760 – improving to a V41.

What according to you were the key aspects that helped you in your preparation?

Key for me was my basics improved with this course, and then I did tons of practice with strong basics. I tried studying from other popular course guides, but for me it didn’t helped much.

What aspects of e-GMAT helped you?

Best thing about this e-gmat course for me is it is really interesting and keeps you hooked through visualization and short animated lectures, with tons of practice before and after the lecture. The written e-gmat articles are even more helpful. I just liked everything about this course, including the verbal workshops that I got to attend, integrated reasoning course that came free with this and the GMAT Club membership that I got..

How was the support provided to you?

The support team is very responsive and e-GMAT also provided strategy support to students when they need it. For example, after my first attempt, I reached out to e-GMAT seeking guidance. I received a spread sheet in return seeking my scores in their course quizzes, if I completed my full exercises per the study plan, and most importantly if I am applying the three step process they are teaching. This process acted as a real eye opener and I was able to focus on the key areas required to improve and reach my target score.

That’s wonderful to hear, Prateek. Anything else that you’d like to add?

e-GMAT Verbal Online is surely one of the best courses out there. Thank you Team e-GMAT.

Thank you for your appreciation, Prateek. Wish you the best for your future endeavors.

I would like to comment on the IR course as well. Not many people focus on IR, but I found that the Integrated Reasoning section of e-GMAT is extremely detailed and covers a large number of problems of varied types. This helped me a lot.

Glad that the course helped you, Rohit. Would you like to add anything else for your fellow test takers?

In less than 4 days, I noticed a considerable improvement in my accuracy while attempting the OG questions. Overall, I would highly recommend the e-GMAT course to EVERY non-native. It’s a wonderful investment for an excellent verbal score.

Thank you Rohit. Wish you all the very best for your future endeavors.

I am 20 years old, currently a final year undergraduate student from Mechanical Engineering department,IIT Kharagpur.

What prompted you to take the GMAT?

I always had MBA as my long term goal but since I was shortlisted for the 2nd round of ISB’s YLP program, I had to submit my GMAT scores before the deadline.

Can you tell us a bit about your initial preparation?

Before starting my prep I did go through some de-briefs. However, I did not realize how difficult it is to score above 700. I decided to give a mock and a shocking 610 on it was a big reality check for me.

How did you come across e-GMAT?

After my first mock, I realized that I seriously lacked the basic skills required for the Verbal section of GMAT.This was when I came across e-GMAT. I had attended one of the free webinars by Rajat and I fell in love with the concept of core skills. I immediately enrolled for Verbal Online and the course is definitely worth every penny invested!

What are your thoughts on the Verbal Online course?

The course is well paced. In fact, everything is so structured and systematic that you will be able to understand the toughest of concepts with ease. All the topics are extensively covered and the course is designed to test you at every stage and to provide you with ample practice at the appropriate junctures.

Would you like to add anything else?

I thank Rajat, Payal, Shraddha, and Krishna for all the courses and very prompt responses to queries. I owe my success completely to you guys! Thank you so much

Thank you Anjan. Wish you all the very best for your future endeavors.

Hi Adam. You have seen a dramatic improvement in your GMAT score in this attempt. What happened in the first two attempts?

Before e-GMAT, I scored a 490 and a 530 on my previous attempts with a verbal score of 26, and I was devastated. I had used MGMAT’s full book series for the first attempt and added in Magoosh’s online prep for the second. After recovering from the results, I decided I would take the GMAT one last time. However, I was really in need of the right approach and methodology to tackle the GMAT.

As a native speaker, what prompted you to opt for e-GMAT?

Initially, I wasn’t sure whether e-GMAT works for me as I am a native speaker. However, after a bit more of research, I decided to go through their free trial and attend their free webinars. I realized that their teaching methodology works for anyone struggling with verbal in general. I immediately subscribed to their Verbal Live Prep course.

How did the approach at e-GMAT help you in your preparation? Is there anything specific that you followed in your preparation?

The approach and methodologies used to learn the concepts and solve the questions are without a doubt the reason for my verbal improvement. To get the most out of the live sessions, I made sure to complete the pre-requisites for the session so that the instructor can help you identify and address your true weaknesses. Speaking from experience, I can confidently say that live feedback such as this can really benefit your overall prep.

What aspects of the course helped in your preparation?

The course is carefully designed to help inculcate concepts, track progress and learn the application. This helps the learner to ensure progressive learning.

Can you give an example?

For example, at the end of each concept you are given a quiz. The quiz is not just a bunch of GMAT-like questions. It is a specialized quiz to reinforce what you have just learned. This is just one example. The course has been very well-designed keeping the average test taker in mind.

How much improvement did you see from the course?

I noticed a sharp spike in my verbal accuracy after completing this course and eventually, I scored a 700 with a V35 – a 9-point Verbal score improvement.I would strongly recommend the Verbal Live Prep course for anyone seeking an increase, big or small, in verbal score.

What advice would you give to your fellow GMAT aspirants?

Do not be afraid to go through all the verbal concepts more than once, if you feel the need to do so. Use the video concepts and recordings as many times as needed!
Everyone has specific needs for effective preparation. For me, I needed interaction, videos, and hands on learning content, and Verbal Live Prep is the go-to course for these.

It feels great! Your verbal course is really a game changer and worth every dollar and probably more.

This is your second attempt at the GMAT. How much did you score in your first attempt.

I first attempted the GMAT in 2012 and scored a 680 (Q49, V34).

What steps did you take after your first attempt?

After 4 years of sitting on that score, I decided to retake the GMAT and my target score was 750. To achieve this score, I knew I had to significantly improve my performance on the verbal section. Before I joined a paid prep-course, I wanted to spend sometime preparing on my own and seeing how it goes. After 2 weeks of flying solo, I realized my efforts lack direction and it is better to join a properly structured course.

Why did you not join a classroom coaching?

Classroom courses are only as good as the instructor taking your class. As I am living in a small town, I knew that the trainers available would not be too good. At this point I was fairly certain that I need to enroll myself in an online prep course. This is when I decided to give e-GMAT a try.

How did e-GMAT help you with your verbal preparation?

Opting for e-GMAT was the best decision I made in my test prep. Let me just say that e-GMAT has decoded the mystery that GMAT verbal is for most non-natives. If you do their Sentence Correction module properly, you are set. I have become such a big fan of e-GMAT that I recommend the course to every aspirant I know.

Would you like to add anything else?

There is no magic pill to ace the GMAT. However, you can ensure the best possible returns from your effort if you take this course. I reached my target score of 750 in a little over 2 months.

Hi Shekhar, Congratulations on scoring a whopping 770! How does it feel to achieve your dream score?

Very happy and quite relieved, frankly, having improved from a mere 600 in my first attempt.

Can you tell us a bit about your first attempt at the GMAT?

While preparing for my first attempt, my primary source for reference material was second hand advice from friends who had taken the exam recently and had scored about 640-50. I purchased the full course from Economist and finished it, took their mocks, and some more free mocks from Manhattan and GMAT Prep.

According to you, what went wrong with your first attempt?

My preparation should have been more methodical and planned. The course from Economist was not really something one can use to aim beyond a 650. Moreover, I had some personal issues at that time. So, all of these aspects had a compounded effect on my performance, and I ended up with a 600.

How did you come across e-GMAT for your preparation?

For my second attempt, I had a study partner with whom I tried MGMAT books. However, when I tried the Manhattan quant guides I found them just too boring. With my research I finally decided that I would buy the e-GMAT’s GMAT Online – the online self-learning course for both Quant and Verbal – in April of 2016. This probably is the best decision I made in my GMAT journey.

How did you find the Quant portion of the course?

I liked the structured approach in the course and also the quick results it produced. The course made me focus on a single thing – getting the application right – without any confusion.

Did you find Quant Scholaranium helpful?

Scholaranium is a must-have tool for any GMAT aspirant. I was usually decent in quant apart from some silly mistakes. So, I found Manhattan books too easy. However, Scholaranium kept me on the ground by throwing quite a few challenging problems – especially helpful for anyone targeting a Q50 or Q51.

How was your experience using the Verbal portion of the course?

I quickly realized that the rave reviews for e-GMAT Verbal are not unfounded. I started learning the concepts from the course and practiced the concepts in Scholaranium. In 2 months, I improved my accuracy from 45 % to 83 %.

That’s great Shekhar. Would you like to add anything else for your fellow test takers?

After learning the concepts taught in the course, practice using the processes prescribed in the course and you’re sure to get a Q50 or Q51. In my case, after using this course for around 3 months, I scored a Q50 in my second attempt – a whopping 10-point improvement in Quant.

I would like to comment on the IR course as well. Not many people focus on IR, but I found that the Integrated Reasoning section of e-GMAT is extremely detailed and covers a large number of problems of varied types. This helped me a lot.

Glad that the course helped you, Rohit. Would you like to add anything else for your fellow test takers?

In less than 4 days, I noticed a considerable improvement in my accuracy while attempting the OG questions. Overall, I would highly recommend the e-GMAT course to EVERY non-native. It’s a wonderful investment for an excellent verbal score.

Thank you Rohit. Wish you all the very best for your future endeavors.

Feels wonderful. Although it took me quite a bit of effort to achieve this score, its worth every bit and will help me in securing a good admit.

That’s wonderful. Can you tell us a bit about your preparation before you enrolled with e-GMAT?

Before joining e-GMAT, I attempted the GMAT four times with scores of 630, 700, 720 and 710. I studied all the materials available and put in hundreds of hours into my preparation, but still couldn’t improve further.

What made you change your mind about your preparation strategy?

When I couldn’t achieve my target score in my fourth attempt too, I realized that acing the GMAT not only requires hardwork but also requires a proper preparation strategy. I took a chance with e-gmat and bought the verbal online course. Given the fact that I got big fellowship from a top 15 school, I believe the two hundred dollars is probably the best investment I’ve made so far.

How did e-GMAT help you with your preparation?

The meaning-focused approach prescribed by e-GMAT worked very well for me and I thought it was the most logical way to tackle SC questions. This approach also improved my comprehension skills required for CR and RC as well. I cannot think of any better way to prepare for SC section.

Good to hear that. Did you do anything different regarding your approach towards the exam?

e-GMAT’s free webinars on GMAT Preparation Strategy are priceless! I say so because even if a test taker is proficient in every individual section, he/she may still not be able to achieve his/her best when all three types of questions are mixed together. Moreover, the GMAT is computer adaptive. The webinars addressed so many such useful aspects and equipped me with the right tools to create my own preparation strategy. There’s just so much useful information provided in those webinars.

Thank you for the appreciation, Vivian. We wish you all the very best for your future endeavors.